On December 1st, at 7.29pm, at her home in Kauai, Hawaii, Alana Blanchard had her first child with her boyfriend, Jack Freestone. The world was introduced to Banks Harvey Freestone. It's been about six weeks since then, and we thought it was high time we gave Alana a call and asked how it's all been going.
We spend most of the trip finding hidden little features in mangroves. Nice ledges to slide and a 12-foot heavy impact drop for breakfast… it’s perfect.
At the start of this year, Owen Wright didn’t know if he’d be able to compete in the 2017 WSL season. Hell, at the start of this year, Owen Wright was basically re-learning to surf.
The Maui Women’s Pro got underway today in picture perfect 3-4 foot Honolua Bay – the start of the last event of the 2017 WSL Season, and the event that will decide the 2017 Women’s World Title.
A few months back, Alana Blanchard and her boyfriend Jack Freestone announced that they were having a baby boy. When the couple went public on Instagram we sat down with Alana and talked about what it meant for her and Jack, for her career, and how she was feeling about it all.
Mick Fanning was one of the main pushers for change in surfing. He was one of the first men on the World Tour to really start training, and taking that training very seriously. He is an athlete, and he has lived his life like one.
After several close calls at Padang Padang in recent weeks, the waiting period for the 2017 Rip Curl Cup Invitational has drawn to a close without the magic swell required to run the hallowed event.
That is photographer Ted Grambeau explaining how, just a few weeks ago, he found himself standing on a remote African coastline, shivering as the sun rose and the fog lingered, camera in hand.
Le Stop #5 du 2017 European #GromSearch s’est déroulé le week-end dernier à Capbreton dans des conditions météorologiques compliquées. Malgré le vent et la pluie les Groms ont réussi à déchirer le spot du Prévent dans des vagues de 1m à 1m50.
